Iwobi breaks 23-game goalscoring duck against Burnley

Alex Iwobi

Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi, has finally ended a 23-game goalscoring drought in all competitions against Burnley on Saturday.

The Arsenal starlet had failed to hit the target since that strike against Chelsea in August.

Although the Nigerian always impressed, racking up a couple of assists along the way, he just couldn’t bury chances himself.

Iwobi scored the third as Arsenal bounced back from consecutive defeats with a 3-1 win over Burnley.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang re-established himself as the Premier League’s top goalscorer this season ahead of Mohamed Salah by netting a brace.

Salah’s strike against Wolves on Friday left Aubameyang second among the division’s top marksmen, but the Gabon international was clinical in either half of a game that saw Arsenal bury the memory of their 3-2 loss at Southampton and 2-0 League Cup reverse against Tottenham.

Unai Emery started Mesut Ozil for the first time in a league game since November 11 and the German made a strong case for a regular spot in an Arsenal side pushing Chelsea hard for fourth place in the table.

Defeat leaves Burnley in danger of going second-bottom later on Saturday depending on results elsewhere after Sean Dyche’s men forced a second-half goal through Ashley Barnes, but failed to muster a comeback that might have earned them a precious point.